Colnago duped by hoax

The Italian bicycle builder, exhibiting at the EICMA cycle show in Milan, is displaying a star machine, the limited edition President LdV, named after Leonardo Da Vinci. Colnago said Da Vinci was the "inventor of the bicycle," which will tickle those folks who know this particular version of history has long been revealed as a hoax.

"Da Vinci was a genius...he came up with the basic concept of the bicycle five hundred years ago," Ernesto Colnago told Cyclingnews.com at the EICMA Milano show. [Note: Cyclingnews removed this quote after this BikeBiz.com story was pointed out to them].